The British 4×4 Wheeled Shorland APC

The British 4×4 Wheeled Shorland APC

The British 4×4 Wheeled Shorland APC (Armoured Patrol Car) was developed for the Northern Irelands Royal Ulster Constabulary and entered production with Irish Firm Short Brothers. Over a 1000 vehicles were built and also exported. It is no longer in service with the RUC.

The vehicle was a hybrid of a Land Rover chassis, an armoured body proofed against Machine Gun fire and the Machine Gun turret used on the Mk 2 Ferret armoured car. The vehicle was upgraded a number of times during its manufacturing run:

Mk5 – Based on the Defender 110 chassis with a 3.5 litre Rover V8 petrol engine or 2.5 litre Rover Tdi Turbo diesel engine and Welded armour fully enclosed body. It has no turret but a roof hatch which a 7.62mm MG can be mounted. aka SB 501, aka Shorland S 55, production started in 1980.